Type
Business expansion
Country
Belgium
Region
Vlaams Gewest; Prov. Limburg (B); Arr. Hasselt
Location of affected unit(s)
Lummen
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Tobacco Products
Manufacture Of Tobacco Products
12 - Manufacture of tobacco products

90 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
16 September 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Scandinavian Tobacco Group, a Danish company, opened a new cigar factory in Lummen (Flanders), creating 90 new jobs. The Group has relocated their factories in Geel and Louvain to the new facility, transferring 360 persons. The Lummen factory is now the largest cigar factory in Europe and has a production capacity of one billion cigars per year. The investment amounts to 32.5 million euro.


Sources

  • 16 September 2010: De Morgen

Citation

Eurofound (2010), Scandinavian Tobacco, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 70968, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70968.